The storage time of Iranian saffron flowers increased
The head of the Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center announced that the saffron flower
preservation project is underway under a changed atmosphere.
Mehdi Karimi stated:
For the first time, food industry researchers in the Department of Agricultural Technical and Engineering Research have increased
the shelf life of saffron flowers by up to 15 days using the modified packaging technique under the atmosphere.
Karimi added:
amount of crocin, safranal and picrocrocin, in optimal conditions and the like. Freshly picked flowers.
The head of Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center stated:
This project aims to increase the shelf life and maintain the quality and physical characteristics of saffron flowers and create
a new field for the export of this flower, as a cut branch in the year of national production and support work and capital Iranian has been performed.
He pointed out:
The continuation of this project is underway in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan Razavi.
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